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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1923

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Steamer Fire Canadian Pioneer Outbreak Firemen's Difficult Task Auckland

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 8

A fire occurred amongst wool and flax, which was shipped at southern ports. In the forehold of the teamer Canadian Pioneer, now at Auckland…

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News From the Four Quaters Lawless Erin Wild Week-end in Dublin Many Houses Wrecked

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 3

An almost Inconceivable series of outrages by rebels in the city and neighborhood of Dublin during the week filled the citizens with alarm and…

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The Lifeboat-men's V.C.

The World's News · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 14

In the long story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, only 109 gold medals have been awarded. It can thus be realised that the medal in gold ranks almost with, if not equal to,. the Victoria Cross. Recently two…

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Affray on Steamer Sailing Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 8

There was an affray between unionists and volunteers on the Union Company's steamer Marama yesterday while the vessel was proceeding down…

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Fire on Steamer Auckland (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 8

When the hatches were lifted from No. 2 hold of the Canadian Pioneer yesterday, smoke issued. It is believed that spontaneous combustion in the…

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Steamer Marama. Departure Delayed. Trouble Among Grew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 12

Owing to a dispute which arose among members of the crew of the Union Co.'s steamer Marama as she was passing down the harbour yesterday the vessel has been…

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Wind Wrecks Dredge London

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1923 · page 1

When a dredger turned turtle in the Albert Dock, at Howe, six men were thrown overboard and drowned. Two were rescued. The accident was…

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Wrecked Steamer Orteric

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 12

Details of the loss recently of the Andrew Wi[?] steamer O[?]ric, which was to have loaded [?]ber at Eu[?]ka for Sydney and Melbourne in December last, have been received in Sydney. The vessle ran ashored…

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The Atlantic Ketch Race a Possible Annual Event

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

The Duke of Leinster, who arrived at New York to arrange the proposed Ketch Race across the Atlantic against Mr. William Washburn Nutting, declares it is…

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Schooner Louis Theriault Arrives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 15

After a passage of 16 days from Kaparal, the threemasted schooner Louis Theriault, under the command of Captain A. F. Watchlin, arrived in Sydney yesterday and anchored off Double Bay. The vessel brought…

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Washed Ashore Bronte Tragedy

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 7

The body of a man whose [?] has not [?] been established was washed up on the beach at Bronte at 1.15 p.m. to-day…

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Body Ashore Washed Up at Bronte Unknown Elderly Man

The Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 7

The body of a man about 55 years of ago, was washed ashore at Bronte to-day. There is reason to think that the…

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Unionists and Non-unionists. Trouble on Steamer Marama

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 14

As the steamer Marama was going down Sydney Harbor last Friday morning a dispute broke out between unionist and non-unionist trimmers. As a result the vessel…

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Decaying School Wrecked "Otus" Near East Conference

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 14

ONE' TWO! THREE! HEAVE!—Getting a new telegraph pole into position by an easy method. SETTLING NEAR EAST TANGLE.—The Hotel du Chateau, at Lausanne, the nerve centre of the negotiations. A cable…

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Fishing Boat Wrecked. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 14

The Commissioner of Police received a telegram from Geraldton this afternoon, stating that the Fremantle fishing boat Northern Star was wrecke[?] on Sunday last about 70 [?]iles…

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Steamer Damaged. Kaikoura's Rough Voyage. Seaman Killed in Storm. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 10

A Christmastide Atlantic storm severely buffeted the steamer Kaikoura, which reached Auckland yesterday. Tremendous seas swept over the docks and compelled the ship…

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Working for Fritz How Englishmen Get Home Crew of German Steamer Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 8

"It is a strange thing that we follows are working our passage home on a Black German steamer, and only five years ago we were looking at them…

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Civic Reform Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1923 · page 8

The meeting of the City Council's special committee, which was to have finalised its report on the electric light department, lapsed yesterday for lack…

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Is It Foul Play? Missing Seaman Mystery Trouble Over Wages What Happened on Schooner

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 7

The disappearance of George Harvey, a seaman, from his lodgings in Vincent-street, Balmain, on January 25, is shrouded in…

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Steamer Milluna. Boilers Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 15

The interstate cargo steamer Milluna, of the Adelaide Steamship Company, Ltd., which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday from Melbourne, has developed trouble in her…

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